A New Year

It’s been a while since I looked at this. I’ve been busy so quit ya whinging. Actually I haven’t found much to complain about recently. Things have changed quite a bit in the last few months.

First off, the last post I made before going to Melbourne for a job interview, which I was not successful in but was moved to the new store in the same role as I am in now. I think this is a good thing as I am not sure I could have done the good job which the selected manager has done. The store is in a brand new centre and it has been interesting to watch its development over the Christmas period. One of the biggest things is the sense of community amongst the retail staff. Centre management are still a pain in the ass though.

I also have started Wing Tsun Kung Fu. This has helped me gain more control over my emotions and given me a sense of security. The biggest thing that I have learnt so far is that if I am ever in a confrontation I will be more likely to high tail it out of there, at least until I have had more training and know what I’m doing. The classes are great; it is a very practical style with no flashy movements. It is designed to do the most amount of damage in the least amount of time and relies very little on forms and katas (there being only four forms). The training is physical and relaxed as we need to practice on people, not much can be done without a few limbs to work on.

The New Year has had me thinking more about the future than I have ever done in the past. My philosophy for last year was to be like a leaf in a stream, that is to let life sweep me along and hopefully around the rocks without collision. This has been a good strategy and has worked, even though I have had quite a few problems I seem to have moved around them without too much damage.

This year I am going to build. I’m about to move into a house with my current flatmate and his sister. The house belonged to his recently deceased grandpa, as such the family are letting us stay there rent free for a while. This should help with the finances. I will be as career minded as possible this year, working towards that managers position but only if it is in a store that is near where I live. I want the job but I don’t want to have to travel for two hours each way to get there.

I intend to go to New Zealand on a ski trip this winter, hopefully a week skiing in one or two places. I will still try and get to the slopes here as often as possible. Maybe even another weekend at Thredbo YHA at the beginning of September if the snow holds.

I’ll try to get back to posting here occasionally. I still have heaps of retarded customers so I’m not short of material.

Peace to all
Wax